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Help Jack wont drink his milk!

Hi Jack is 6 month old and on 3 meals a day now which he loves but hes gone totally off his milk! He will have 6oz first thing then i disguise another 3oz by making his cereal with it and also put some in his dinner and tea but when it comes to his bedtime bottle im lucky nif he drinks 3oz of it he just messes around with teat and then cries. Any ideas? x

I know how you feel my boy is nearly 8 months and started to go off his milk at around Jacks age. Jayden snever had a problem with drinking milk first thing but 7pm would be a NIGHTMARE! Tonight i started him on cow and gate goodnight milk which he loved! I gave him 6oz and he was wanting more. Maybe try that? Or another thing Vicky&Joshua said to me was splitting up the night time bottle. So say give him half after dinner and then the other half at whatever time his night feed is. Just trial and error hun im afraid x

if he is settling off that 3 oz, just keep up with it for now, but get as much milk in him in other ways as you can. you have already got milky cereal - try powdered desserts too made with milk not water - HIPP do a rice pudding that is ok (not that ive eaten it, but you know what i mean!!)

i'm sure you are already onto yoghurts with him, but try adding cheese to his meals too - i've stuck it in nearly everything in the past!

should he be on about 21oz a day? if yes, youve got him on 12oz already, yoghurts (like little stars, petite filoux) are classed as 1oz, so you could build it up discreetly.

you could try cereal at bed too, but maybe ask your HV about this - i know some dont recommend feeding prior to sleep, and im fortunate i havent needed to with mine.

will he only have the 6oz first thing? would he take more, then you not offer him his brekkie for another hour or so?

you may also find it is a stage he is going through, and he may return to normal in a short while.